Fabric covered buckle



May 17, 1932. s, LERMA 1,859,098"

FABRI G COVERED BUCKLE Filed Feb. 25, 1952 IN V EN TOR. 5 TEFf/E/V LEE/7A 5 ATTORNEY Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED STATES STEPHEN LERMA, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK FABRIC COVERED BUCKLE Application filed February 25, 1932. Serial No. 595,048.

The present invention relates to improvements in buckles, and particularly to fabric covered sheet'metal .buckles for garment ornamentation.

An object of this invention is to provide a buckle made of two metallic plate members, each member being provided with two adjacent apertures and an integral cross-bar and with upturned right-angularly extend- 'i ing flanges at the peripheries of said apertures and. at the outer periphery, said plate members being united into a unitary article by overlapping the said flanges and by turning back the edges of the flanges of the front plate member over the rear surface of the buckle.

Another object of this inventlon is to provide a sheet metal buckle having spaced front and rear faces and which is covered all over with fabric including the cross-bar, so that the metal is not visible and whereby the surfaces of the buckle blend with the garment material and ornament the garment; the ornamentation being especially effective when 5 the buckle is covered with fabric of a color that blends with that of the material of the garment.

Another object of this invention is "to provide a sheet metal buckle having a hollow rectangular cross-bar having single walls spaced apart and positioned in the same planes as the front. and rear faces of the buckle, and having double walls spaced apart and facing laterally of the'front and rear faces, whereby the cross-bar is stlflened against strain and will withstand-a considerable pressure without any bending or deformation.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of an ornamentalimprovement 'of this nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable. I

With the above and other objects in view the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims which form tion.

R-eference'will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which: r

Figure-1 is a perspective view of an assembled buckle of circular form and having two adjacent apertures and an integral crossbar positioned in eccentric relation.

Figure 2 is a plan view of an assembled buckle of rectangular form and having two adjacent apertures and an integral cross-bar positioned in'central relation.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the buckle shown in Figure 1, and shows the rear'face of the buckle, edges unturned.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the front plate member of the buckle, the section being taken as on line 44 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the rear plate member of the buckle, the section being taken as on line H in Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a s'ectional view of the front and rear plate members with fabric covering in position. v

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary portion of an assembled buckle.

In the illustrated embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 shows an assembled buckle 10, having afiat front plate member 11, an integral cross-bar 12, and a tongue 13. As best shown in Figure 4, the front plate member 11, is provided with two adjacent apertures l4, l5, and an intermediate integral cross-bar 12. 'A flange 16 extends all around the outer periphery and in right-angular relation with the flat outer face of thefront plate member 11.

part of this specifica- As shown in Figure 3, there has been provided a flange 17, which circumscribes and extends in right-angular relation with the 'for the cross-bar. V 7 strain that is brought t o'bear on the cross periphery of the aperture 14. A flange- 18 has also been provided which circumscribes and extends in right-angular relation with the periphery of the aperture 15. It will be noted that the portions of the flanges 17 and 18 at the cross-bar 12, form reenforcements which stiffen the cross-bar 12 against strain due to bending.

Referring to Figure 5, it will be seen that there has been provided a flange 16 which extends all around the outer periphery and in right-angular relation with the flat outer face of the rear plate member 19, the flange 16 being of slightly smaller circumference than the inner circumference 20, of the flange 16, on the front plate member 11. (It will also be seen that the rear plate member 19,

has been provided with two apertures 14:

and 15 similar to but slightly larger than the apertures 14 and 15. It will be'noted thatthe portions of the flanges 17 and 18 at the cross-bar 12 form reenforcements which stiffen the cross-bar 12 against strain due to bending, that the width of the rear portion of the cross-bar is less than the width of the front portion,' and that when the buckle is assembled and the opposite flanges interengage, the assembled cross-bar comprises four walls facing laterally. It will thus be seen that the lateral double wall flanges 17, 17?, and 18, 18', on both sides of the cross-bar make it possible to engage opposite pieces of fabric and to cover the crossbar with foldings of fabric on all sides.

Figure 6 shows the fabric coverings 21,

21, stretched around the outer surfaces of the front and rear plate members as it appears when a covered buckle is taken apart after assembling in the die.

Figure 7 shows an enlarged fragmentary portion of a buckle, with the front and rear plate members 11, and19, in assembled relation. The far edge 22, of the flange16, has

been turned back over therear plate member 19, thereby locking the front and rear plate'members together. I

As shown in Figure 2, the rectangular buckle 23, is provided with two adjacent apertures 24, 25, an integral cross-bar'26, and a tongue 27. Inasmuch as buckles used for the ornamentation ofigarments may be of large size and the cross-bar may have a length of two inches so as to be adapted for use with wide belts, the elongated cross-bar must be reenforced to withstand the strains brought to bear'on it due ,to the tightening T of-the belt-,and for this purpose the metal of the cross-bar at its junction with the front and rear plate members has been given a;

rounded and gradually widening shape 28, and forminga rigid brace. or reenforcement The result is that any bar is transmitted. by these reenforcements it is contemplated to make the width of the a belt of the same width as the cross-bar and accordingly, there has not been provided any oflset hearing or seat on the cross-bar for centralizing the tongue.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided a buckle structureby means of which it is possible to completely cover a buckle with fabric, including the cross-bar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

' 1; A buckle having a body formed of two dished plates of sheet metal secured together at their peripheriesin substantially parallel spaced relation, each of said plates'being provided with twoapertures separated by an integral crossbar of hollow rectangular section, said cross-bar having single walls spaced apart and positioned in the .same

planes as the front and rear facesofthe buckle and having double walls spaced apart and facing laterally of the front andrear faces. V V

7 2 A buckle of the class described comprising in combination, a front face member having two apertures and right-angularly extending flanges all around said apertures, and having a right-angularly extending flange all around the outer periphery, a rear face member having similar apertures and flanges adapted to register with .and be cir- ,cumscribed by said front face flanges, said apertures being spaced apart and forming an integral cross-bar with said front and rear ,face members, said cross-bar being of hollow rectangular section and having six layers of metal in the walls of said section, whereby said cross-bar is stiffened against strain.

' 3. A fabric covered buckle of the class derear sheet metal plate members each plate member havingapertures and flanges all 1 around said apertures andall around the outer periphery and havinga cross-bar interscrebed comprising two spaced 'front' and Ill , mediate said apertures, the flanges of said front and rearmembers being adapted to en- Y ter one another and being locked together by having the far edges of the'flanges of one of said members turned back around the face of the other member and enclosing a folding of the fabric stretched over each face of the buckle and including said cross-bar, whereby the metallic surfaces of said'buckle are not visible. t

4.. A fabric covered buckle of the class de scribed comprising two spaced front and rear sheet metal plate members each plate member having apertures and'right-angular- -lyegrtending flanges all around said aper tures and all around the outer periphery and having a cross-bar intermediate said apertures the flanges of aid front and rear members being adapted 0 enter one another and being locked together by having the far edges of the flanges of one of said members turned back around the face of the other member and enclosing a folding of fabric stretched over at least one of the faces of the buckle and including the cross-bar portion of the covered face.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York this 24th day of February, A. D. 1932.

STEPHEN LERMA.

DISCLAIMER 1,859,098.-Stephen Lerma, Brooklyn, N. Y. FABRIC COVERED BUCKLE. Patent dated May 17, 1932. Disclaimer filed December 29, 1934, by the patentee, and the assignee, Everybodys Tool and Die Works Corporation. Severally and jointly enter this disclaimer as follows: (a) They disclaim from claim N o. 1 a buckle in which the plates do not have flanges inclined to the bodies of said plates, at the peripheries of said plates and also at the edges of said apertures, said peripheral flanges clamping the fabric covering.

(6) They disclaim from claim N o. 2 a buckle in which the flanges at the edges of the apertures and at the outer peripheries of said face members do not clamp fabric covering.

(a) They disclaim from claim N o. 5 a buckle in which the peripheral flanges do not clamp fabric covering.

[Oficial Gazette January 22, 1.935.] 

